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Accompanied Tours In South Korea Are Not Going To Increase

» by March 29th, 2012 at 7:30 am » Comments (20)

The USFK Commander was testifying before Congress in regards to the typical North Korea stuff when he also mentioned this: Moving away from North Korea, Thurman told Congress that the tour ...more »

US Air Force F-16 Crashes Near Gunsan, South Korea

» by March 21st, 2012 at 4:55 am » Comments (5)

Fortunately the pilot was able to eject safely and no one on the ground was hurt: A US military F-16 jet crashed in southern South Korea Wednesday during a training mission but its pilot ejected ...more »

Is It Time for A Tiered Pass System In USFK?

» by March 15th, 2012 at 4:30 am » Comments (12)

A retired Master Sergeant responds to the recent USFK on-post alcohol sales restrictions in the Stars & Stripes: Regarding the March 13 article “No Yongsan alcohol sales after 9 p.m.” (Pacific editions): Now ...more »

USFK Servicemembers To Have Even More Sexual Assault Training?

» by March 13th, 2012 at 7:49 pm » Comments (22)

Via the Marmot's Hole comes news that USFK will soon begin sex crime training.  The story came from the Hankyoreh that claims that current sex crime training only applies to ...more »

Yonhap Profile On BG Robin Akin

» by March 13th, 2012 at 3:19 am » Comments (0)

Here is a nice profile Yonhap did on Brigadier General Robin Akin the assistant chief of staff for logistics for USFK: By all accounts, Robin B. Akin, a U.S. army brigadier ...more »

USFK To Limit On-Post Alcohol Sales

» by March 12th, 2012 at 5:55 pm » Comments (26)

There are going to be some changes coming to on-post alcohol sales: Troops will no longer be able to buy alcohol after 9 p.m. at two Yongsan shoppettes under a new ...more »

General Thurman Upset About NCO’s & Officers Violating Curfew

» by March 7th, 2012 at 7:56 am » Comments (12)

Thanks to everyone that sent me an e-mail to point out this below article in the Stars & Stripes that shows what happens when you implement a curfew:  In a sharply ...more »

One Man Dead After Drunk Driver Tries To Run Through Gate at Camp Walker

» by March 5th, 2012 at 5:00 am » Comments (14)

The Stars & Stripes has the latest on the vehicle that tried to run the gate at Camp Walker:  A drunken driver crashed into the barrier gate at one of the ...more »

The U-2 Spy Plane In South Korea

» by March 3rd, 2012 at 8:47 am » Comments (2)

It seems like every year during the Key Resolve/Foal Eagle exercise the North Koreans make some bombastic threat and the world media takes notice of the Korean peninsula for a ...more »

Picture of the Day: Meeting of the Brass

» by February 28th, 2012 at 12:57 pm » Comments (0)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="543" caption="SEOUL, Republic of Korea (Feb. 23, 2012) Adm. Cecil Haney, commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, left, meets with Republic of Korea Chairman of the Joint Chiefs ...more »

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